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Two rangers hurt in Narathiwat bombing

Police and explosive ordnance disposal officials check the bombing scene near a bridge in Rangae district, Narathiwat province on Saturday. (Photo by Abdullah Benjakat)

NARATHIWAT/PATTANI: Two rangers were injured in a bombing in Narathiwat while police manning a checkpoint in Pattani were ambushed in the fresh wave of southern violence on Saturday.

In Narathiwat, police in charge of Rangae district were reported about a bombing at a bridge in tambon Tanyongmas at around 2pm.

When they arrived at the scene, they found the bridge had been damaged and the two injured people had already been sent to Rangae Hospital.

Fragments of an improvised explosive device made of a 25kg picnic cooking-gas tank were scattered everywhere.

Volunteer ranger Pacharapong Thongnuasuk, 32, sustained injuries on the forehead, arm…

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